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A lack of respect for human rights drives the HIV epidemic. The marginalisation, stigmatisation and criminalisation of some groups of people increases their vulnerability to HIV; gender inequalities can prevent women and girls from being able to protect themselves from HIV; and discrimination prevents equitable access to healthcare.

Human rights

Uganda passes bill criminalising same-sex relationships and sex work

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The Guardian
6 May 2021
Human rights

Uganda’s Sexual Offences law a step back for HIV and human rights

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HIV Justice Network
6 May 2021
Human rights

Cameroon: Wave of Arrests, Abuse Against LGBT People

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Human Rights Watch
14 April 2021
Migrants, refugees & displaced people

Venezuela's Secret: Crimes Against LGBTQ+ Migrants And Sex Workers

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Out
6 April 2021
Transgender people

President Biden Issues Most Substantive, Wide-Ranging LGBTQ Executive Order In U.S. History

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Human Rights Campaign
21 January 2021
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

UNAIDS calls for the LGBT community in Uganda to be treated with respect and dignity at all times

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UNAIDS
13 January 2021
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Censures Jamaica for Violating the Rights of LGBTI Citizens

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AIDS-Free World
3 December 2020
Human rights

COVID-19 controls used to arrest, torture HIV sufferers

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SciDev.Net
27 November 2020
Human rights

Jamaica: HIV-positive people still being denied basic human rights, study finds

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Jamaica Observer
27 November 2020
Human rights

South Africa: Women living with HIV, still waiting on redress after ‘forced sterilisations’

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Spotlight
26 November 2020
People who inject drugs

Call to uphold the rights of people who use drugs and harm reduction in the new UNAIDS Strategy

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International Drug Policy Consortium
8 September 2020
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

UNAIDS calls on Poland to uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of LGBTI people

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UNAIDS
17 August 2020
HIV & criminal law

HIV+ Canadian Guilty Of Sexual Assault, Despite Condom Use

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Star Observer
10 August 2020
Violence

African activists fight violence against women, one law at a time

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Thomson Reuters Foundation
4 August 2020
Transgender people

A Black Trans Sex Worker died after Paramedics failed to take her to the Hospital

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Buzzfeed News
3 August 2020
Human rights

"They Treated Us in Monstrous Ways”: Sexual Violence Against Men, Boys, and Transgender Women in the Syrian Conflict

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Human Rights Watch
3 August 2020
Human rights

AIDS 2020: Five key takeaways for human rights in the time of COVID-19

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Frontline AIDS
31 July 2020
Human rights

Black Lives Matter

News
4 June 2020
Coronavirus

UNAIDS and MPact are extremely concerned about reports that LGBTI people are being blamed and abused during the COVID-19 outbreak

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UNAIDS
27 April 2020
Human rights

UNAIDS condemns misuse and abuse of emergency powers to target marginalized and vulnerable populations

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UNAIDS
9 April 2020
Human rights

UNAIDS calls for a human rights approach to the COVID-19 outbreak that puts communities at the centre

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UNAIDS
23 March 2020
Human rights

End forced sterilisation of women living with HIV

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GNP+
9 March 2020
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

A police raid, viral videos and the broken lives of Nigerian gay law suspects

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Thompson Reuters Foundation
27 February 2020
Human rights

'You HIV people like making babies': forced sterilisation for infected women

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Times Live
24 February 2020